Thread: The Art of slurry...

I'm pleased that I use slurries in much the same way as you do, Glen. I don't use them often these days, but they are a useful addition, or change of routine.

I too have noticed that using a slurry when first encountering a new stone up the progression will dial in the edge to that stone & enable you to successfully push the wave ahead of the blade with fewer laps than when using water alone.

Another aspect is the thickness of them. With a BBW I'll start will a very heavy slurry, but for the finishing stones, it has to be thin right from the outset.

Originally Posted by ben.mid

I too have noticed that using a slurry when first encountering a new stone up the progression will dial in the edge to that stone & enable you to successfully push the wave ahead of the blade with fewer laps than when using water alone.

I agree, I think that is the "evening up" I was talking about, it seems to get the sides of the bevel all nice and even faster, which I think would correlate with your observation of the wave flowing correctly faster Ben...

I thought I was the only one on the forum that used Slurry on his norton 4/8k combination hone! lol

Slurry is great, on every single hone I have used I have used Slurry. Slurry even smells good...

Heck no Nick I use slurry on every stone I have:-) It works!

Great minds? Lol!

LOL----There ya go:-)

What about the Barber Hones, the Swatys, Carborundums and such? Same thing, thicker slurry diluted as honing progresses?

Does anyone progress from slurry to slurry without plain water in between?
as in 1k slurry, then onto 4k slurry, then on to 8k slurry?

i was wondering as i have a broken 4k slip stone that i used to use as a hone (it's about the size of a barbers hone). i've been using it as a slurry stone on other hones (i have no 4k hone at the moment)..

i'm waiting to get my chinese guangxi back, and wondered if i could successfully use my softer 1k, 4k, and 8k slip stones to raise slurries on my larger hard flat c12k and then finish with a c12k slurry, then water.

does this make sense to anyone or sound like less then desirable plan?

the slipstones were cheap, and work well (when not broken, grrrrr...) but a larger surface would be nice sometimes.

more or less honing with slurry, but without the hone, in a way, i guess.